Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov took part in the opening of a memorial plaque in memory of the outstanding oncologist Nikolai Napalkov.
The opening ceremony of a memorial plaque in his honor was held in the building of the St. Petersburg Clinical Scientific and Practical Center for Specialized Types of Medical Care (Oncological). It was renamed in honor of one of the founders Nikolai Napalkov.
The event was attended by Alexander Beglov, Director of GBUZ Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Vladimir Moiseenko, as well as the widow of Nikolai Napalkov.
Governor Alexander Beglov signed a decree of the government of St. Petersburg “On the assignment of the state budgetary health care institution” St. Petersburg Clinical Scientific and Practical Center for Specialized Types of Medical Care (Oncological) “named after N.P. Napalkov.”
The decision was made at a meeting of the toponymic commission.
Nikolai Napalkov was one of the largest Soviet and Russian oncologists, laid the foundations of the national cancer registry, participated in international programs for the prevention of cancer.
St. Petersburg Oncological Clinical Scientific and Practical Center for Specialized Types of Medical Care was opened in 2011. Over the 11 years of its existence, it has become a center of high-class, internationally recognized specialists and promising young people.
Napalkov devoted the first years of his scientific activity to the study of thyroid tumors. He headed the laboratory of tumor strains in the USA as a visiting scientist. It was Napalkov who attributed the high incidence of liver cancer to the herbicide aminotriazole, as a result of which its use was banned in the United States and severely restricted in the USSR. He also paid great attention to the study of the carcinogenicity of the insecticide DDT and its effect on the body of subsequent generations.
Nikolai Napalkov enjoyed great prestige in the international community of oncologists. From 1971 to 1974 he was head of the Department of Oncology at the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva. In this position, he paid great attention to the creation of programs for the prevention and early diagnosis of cancer.
From 1974 to 1989, Napalkov headed the Research Institute of Oncology. N.N. Petrov. In the second half of the 1980s, the scientist secured the allocation of significant funds to study and reduce the negative impact on people of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
From 1989 to 1998, Napalkov was Assistant Director General of the World Health Organization. At the UN, he oversaw several programs related to the impact of the environment on human health, activities to combat chronic infectious diseases, occupational health, the health of the elderly and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
Nikolai Napalkov died in St. Petersburg in 2008.
Source: Rosbalt
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